 1 Darrin starts the day with a coffee! |
 2 Gear check at Alpine Institute offfices |
 3 The hike in. |
 4 Amazing views as looked for a plcae to establish camp. |
 5 My tent mate for the nextfew nights - Jeff. |
 6 Day 2 - Practice on a nearby ice wall. |
 7 Having fun on the practice ice-wall. |
 8 Day 3 - Up early for an attempt on the Summit. |
 9 The sun peaks over the horizon and we finally start to warm up. |
 10 Heading up the snow bank. Lisa and Darrin on short-rope. |
 11 Time for a snack break. |
 12 Lee leads the pitch up to the base of the ice-wall. It will take several more pitches until we are over this next bit. |
 13 Hanging out as Lee leads the next pitch. |
 14 Lee for a short-cut. None to be be found and it takes another 3 or 4 pitches until we make the summit plateau. |
 15 Lee leading around the arrét. |
 16 The summit plateau. Almost there with the summit to the left. |
 17 Sucess. The sumit of Mt Baker. |
 18 Back at the carpark. A little wet, but happy. |